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California Regulators Slap Farmers With Record $1.5 Million “Water-Taking” Fine
California Regulators Slap Farmers With Record $1.5 Million “Water-Taking” Fine In what seems a lot like a strawman for just how much they can pressure the population, AP reportsCalifornia water regulators proposed a first-of-its-kind, $1.5 million fine for a group of Central Valley farmers accused of illegally taking water during the drought. This would be the first […]
China is trying to centrally plan its way out of a black hole
China is trying to centrally plan its way out of a black hole It’s here in southwestern China’s postcard-perfect Yunnan province that the mighty Mekong River rises. From its source in a nearby mountain range, the river proceeds south, cutting its way across Southeast Asia’s fertile lands through Burma, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia. The […]
Joel Salatin: The Pursuit Of Food Freedom
Joel Salatin: The Pursuit Of Food Freedom A right worth fighting for Sustainable farming activist Joel Salatin and author of Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal returns this week to talk about the importance of a basic human right: to choose what to eat. In past podcasts, he’s described the challenges facing farmers who want to grow organically. […]
Food Security: a Hostage to Wall Street
Food Security: a Hostage to Wall Street Imperialism and the Control of Agriculture In October of last year, World Food Day celebrated ‘Family Farming: Feeding the world, caring for the earth’. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s website, the family farming theme was chosen to raise the profile of family farming and smallholder […]
Hudson Valley Harvest: Transparency is Key to Scaling Local Food
Hudson Valley Harvest: Transparency is Key to Scaling Local Food Hudson Valley Harvest is bringing local food to larger markets through its network of small farmers. The Hudson Valley of New York has a long, rich history of agriculture, and currently boasts more than 5,000 farms that generate upwards of US$500 million in annual revenue. However, despite […]
Toxic algae blooms: What you should know about the mysterious phenomena
Toxic algae blooms: What you should know about the mysterious phenomena Algae can produce some of the most harmful natural toxins known to science In August 1961, a bizarre scene unfolded in the skies above the coastal town of Capitola, Calif., on the northern end of Monterey Bay. Residents watched in terror as seabirds dive-bombed into the ground at […]
Agroecology Can Help Fix Our Broken Food System. Here’s How.
Agroecology Can Help Fix Our Broken Food System. Here’s How. The various incarnations of the sustainable food movement need a science with which to approach a system as complex as food and farming. Thumb through U.S. newspapers any day in early 2015, and you could find stories on President Obama’s “fast-track” plans for the Trans-Pacific […]
Monsanto and the Subjugation of India
Monsanto and the Subjugation of India Control the Food, Control the State After a study of GMOs over a four-year plus period, India’s multi-party Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture recommended a ban on GM food crops stating they had no role in a country of small farmers. The Supreme Court appointed a technical expert committee […]
California Water Wars Escalate: Government Orders Massive Supply Cuts To Most Senior Rights Holders
California Water Wars Escalate: Government Orders Massive Supply Cuts To Most Senior Rights Holders Just two weeks after California’s farmers – with the most senior water rights – offered to cut their own water use by 25% (in an attempt to front-run more draconian government-imposed measures), AP reports that the California government has – just as we […]
Farming: A Not-For-Profit Enterprise?
Farming: A Not-For-Profit Enterprise? I am just musing now, as in a-muse, not advocating and criticizing. What if the economics of money profit and loss, under capitalism, or socialism, or a monarchy or any other system, doesn’t really work for farming. Maybe growing food is supposed to be a not-for-profit enterprise, a part of our […]
The Apex of Industrialism:Manufactured Fake Shit
The Apex of Industrialism: Manufactured Fake Shit The Dr. Pooper Papers, Issue #2: While it would be nice to think that in times before the industrial era that farming was a wholly benevolent practice, the truth of the matter is that similar to today, agriculture actually began with annual monocultures. Nonetheless, there did emerge over […]
Climate Change: Notley’s unexpected ally in growth
Climate Change: Notley’s unexpected ally in growth If Alberta premier-designate Rachel Notley is looking to wean her province’s economy from its oil addiction, she may find that climate change, ironically enough, turns into an unexpected ally. The Prairies, once hailed as the breadbasket of the world, could find that description gain renewed currency in the […]
Canada 5 years behind Europe when it comes to banning neonic insecticides
Canada 5 years behind Europe when it comes to banning neonic insecticides ‘Clear connection’ between DDT-like problems and neonics today, French researcher says Canada’s wait and see policy on neonicotinoids, the controversial insecticide often blamed for the widespread death of bees, is “where France was five years ago,” says a researcher with the French National […]
In Denial: We Pursue Endless Growth At Our Peril
James Steidl/Shutterstock In Denial: We Pursue Endless Growth At Our Peril A requiem for planet Earth As we’ve been discussing of late here at PeakProsperity.com, humans desperately need a new story to live by. The old one is increasingly dysfunctional and rather obviously headed for either a quite dismal or possibly disastrous future. One […]
Paul & Elizabeth Kaiser: Sustainable Farming 2.0
Paul & Elizabeth Kaiser: Sustainable Farming 2.0 Producing more food, and more profits — sustainably Here at Peak Prosperity, we’re continuously on the hunt for new models that offer promise for a better future. These tend to be models of stewardship and sustainability, which contrast starkly with society’s current focus on resource consumption and exploitation. […]
